Corrupted By Power I believe that the theme of corruption of power applies to the film X-men: First Class. Sebastian Shaw shows this throughout the film, he is very and uses his power for evil. The government also has lots of power and in some cases it is corrupt because of it. Magneto (Eric Lensherr) is corrupted by his power and uses it for evil after he defeats Sebastian Shaw. These characters and people show corruption of power in the film. Sebastian Shaw is a powerful mutant who wants mutants to rule; he is power hungry and will do anything to gets what he wants. At the beginning of the film Shaw is a leader of the Nazis during WWII. He uses the power of his position to kill Eric’s mom in order to expose Eric’s mutant power. Sebastian
